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Contemplating something like this.
Beats me where we are staying. I understand that Dave has a friend and we will be crashing in her back yard or something like that. It's not like PA is an absolutely enormous place, so it can't be too far away from anything. I'm not nearly as familiar with PA as I am with Sequim.
I would guess that the Thunderbird Club has the least amount of slappers in it compared to other bass clubs on TB, I hate the sound of slapping bass.
And I would guess higher percentage of pick players.
Oh maaaannn! I'd kill for action like that! That ain't happnin' on this Goth without goin' down to see Pete at Rainbow (local neck wizard). The nut is just too janky. I haven't tried it... but I'm not even sure I could pin a quarter at the first fret! The nut slots for the E & D, leave the strings way too high, I could drive a bus under the A string, and the G string, though still too high, is cut lower than the rest. I've got the feeling that this thing skated under the radar at final inspection. None of these issues are "life threatening". This is my 'bird, and I ain't turning' loose of it! This is just how we're gettin' to know each other. I've only had one guitar that I couldn't get workable. I forget exactly what year it was... but it was a 7ender Strat from the '70s (3 bolt w/"micro-tilt adjustment"). The previous owner had kept it in his non-climate controlled barn for years. I'm sure a luthier was able to get it workable again, but it was beyond my limited capabilities. I had traded a $350.00 Epi Les Paul jr. for it, and sold it to Elderly instruments for $750, so that was still a win for me!No it's a Gibson. But I specifically like my action ultra low with no fret buzz and my pickups high for a bit more saturation in my sound. Here's some pics I posted a year ago on this thread showing the action being low enough that it would pin a dime on the 12th fret of the E string with the bass held in playing position...
I personally like the three point bridge but you have to follow a specific routine to set it properly, otherwise you're just fighting it until either you give or the bridge gives.
I think there's a percentage of younger players coming up, that think that S&P is "how ya play the bass". Like, they don't know there are other techniques our sumthin'.
It did sound like the 'Bird was turned down a bit. I would be interested to know what strings they had on all of 'em. I think my '01 sounds better than that '10 by a lot. It may come down to strings. Then again, that '01 just has some pixie dust in it that nothing else quite has. I guess it's the one I'll be buried with.
And the ones that kill me are where the guy has the volume on so low that you can hear him breathing as you hear the clanking of the bass strings as if it were unplugged. C'mon man!, Really?!.
Couple reasons: first, it's all in the box. Ten bucks for easy. Second, it's easier to wrap one box for a present than several of them. Still a decent deal for a starter kit.
Wait. Unless you can swing having both, wait and see how you like the new one.
Or they keep plucking one string and just turning knobs up and down.
